Ana Carolina Corrêa Gonçalves is an industrial pharmacist and patent specialist who joined Licks Attorneys in 2016. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the field of intellectual property and focuses her practice on the preparation and prosecution of both Brazilian and foreign patent applications. Ms. Corrêa has expertise in rendering opinions on patentability, non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom to operate, with an emphasis on chemical and pharmaceutical technologies, as well as in advising clients on technology roadmapping. She also has the expertise to guide the protection of industrial designs both in Brazil and overseas.

Ms. Corrêa was a grant holder and research student in the cosmetic laboratory of the Federal University of the Rio de Janeiro for two years, developing new cosmetic formulations and performing physical, chemical, and microbiological control of raw materials and cosmetic products.

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